Case Study: Davenport University achieves dramatically faster application performance and 25% faster nightly reports with Pure Storage all-flash arrays

Davenport University Moves to Head of the Class with Pure Storage

Davenport University, a Michigan-based institution serving about 8,500 students, depended on Banner ERP and Blackboard Analytics for core operations. Its legacy spinning-disk SAN caused high storage latency (often up to 20 ms), slow Banner responsiveness and an eight-hour nightly Blackboard Analytics run time, creating unacceptable delays for students, faculty and administrators.

Working with Logicalis, Davenport migrated its Oracle and SQL databases to Pure Storage all-flash arrays. I/O wait dropped 80% (from 5 ms to 1 ms), active session times fell from 2.44s to 1.56s, sequential read times improved up to 90%, and the nightly report time was cut by 25% to under six hours—along with 5.1:1 data reduction, minimal day-to-day management, and non‑disruptive Evergreen upgrades that simplified IT operations and improved the user experience.

Davenport University

Joe Bliss

Virtual Infrastructure Administrator